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[Senatb  No.  157.] 


SENATE,  January  9,  1865. — Read  first  and  second  times,  consid- 
ered, postponed  till  to-morrow,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Spabbow,  from  Committee  on  Military  Aflfairs. 


A     BILL 

To  provide  f«r  the  appointment  of  a  Directing  General  of  the 
armies  of  the  Confederate  States. 

1  The  Co-ngrtss  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact ^ 

2  That  there  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the 

3  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  a  General,  to  whom  shall  be 

4  entrnsted,  when  commissioned,  the  general  conduct  and  direc- 

5  tion  of  the  military  operations  of  our  armies,  during  the  war. 


